[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10809-10810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04334]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0473]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) Consumer Education Website and Reports of
Serious Injuries and Death
AGENCY: Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children
and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is
requesting a 3-year extension of the Child Care and Development Fund
(CCDF) Consumer Education Website and Reports of Serious Injuries and
Death (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0473, expiration date:
May 31, 2026). There are no changes requested to the reporting
requirements. Burden estimates have been adjusted.
DATES: Comments due May 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific
aspects of the information collection described above. You can obtain
copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The existing Consumer Education website reporting
requirement will not be modified and requires states and territories to
include information about state or territory policies (related to
licensing, monitoring, and background checks) and provider-specific
information, including results of monitoring and inspection reports,
and if available, information about quality. The existing Reporting of
Serious Injuries and Death reporting requirement will not be modified.
CCDF lead agencies must establish procedures that require child care
providers that care for children receiving CCDF subsidies to report to
a designated state, territorial, or tribal entity any serious injuries
or deaths of children occurring in child care. There are no standard
federal forms associated with these reporting requirements.
Respondents: The Consumer Education website requirement applies to
the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 5 territories that receive
CCDF grants.
Reporting of Serious Injuries and Death is a requirement for child
care
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providers receiving CCDF subsidies within states, territories, and
tribes.
Annual Burden Estimates
The burden estimates for the consumer education website requirement
at Sec. 98.33 have been reduced based on analysis of the FFY 2025-2027
CCDF State and Territory Plans. Eighteen out of 56 lead agencies are
non-compliant on requirements related to their consumer education
websites and would incur burden under this renewal, while the remaining
grantees have demonstrated compliance and would experience minimal
burden for ongoing maintenance to their consumer education websites.
Accordingly, the burden hours for those 38 lead agencies only needing
ongoing maintenance has been reduced from 300 to 50 average hours,
resulting in an overall reduction of approximately 57 percent in total
annual burden hours compared to the previously approved version. The
burden estimates for reporting serious injuries and deaths at Sec.
98.42 remain unchanged, as the burden is limited to provider reporting
when a reportable event occurs. States and territories have flexibility
in how they structure the provider reporting.
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Average
Total number Annual number burden Annual
Instrument of respondents of responses hours per burden
per respondent response hours
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Consumer Education Website Development and Maintenance.. 18 1 300 5,400
Consumer Education Website Maintenance.................. 38 1 50 1,900
Reporting of Serious Injuries and Death................. 10,000 1 1 10,000
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours................. .............. ............... .......... 17,300
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Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Pub. L. 113-186; 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-04334 Filed 3-4-26; 8:45 am]
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